iDuteronomi
15:1 Ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, uze wenze uyekelelo.
15:2 Lilo ke eli isiko loyekelelo: Wonke umntu obolekayo udle ilifa
Woyikhulula kummelwane wakhe; makangayibizi kweyakhe
ummelwane, nokuba ngumzalwana wakhe; ngokuba kubizwa inkululeko kaYehova.
15:3 Ungaphinda ubize owasemzini, kodwa okwakho ngokwakho
somkhulula umzalwana wakho isandla sakho;
15:4 kodwa kungabikho hlwempu kuwe; ngokuba uYehova uya kuphumelela kakhulu
akusikelele ezweni elo akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho ukuba libe lilifa
ilifa lokulidla ilifa;
15:5 Ukuba uthe waliphulaphula ngenyameko izwi likaYehova uThixo wakho, wathi
ugcine ukwenza lo mthetho wonke ndikuwiselayo namhla.
15:6 Ngokuba uYehova uThixo wakho ukusikelele, njengoko wathethayo kuwe;
Uboleka iintlanga ezininzi ngezibambiso, ke wena akuyi kuboleka kuzo ngazibambiso; uya kulawula wena
phezu kweentlanga ezininzi, ke zona aziyi kukulawula.
15:7 Xa kuthe kwakho ihlwempu kuwe nokuba kumzalwana wakho, nokuba kukuphi phakathi kwenu
amasango akho ezweni lakho akunikayo uYehova uThixo wakho, uze ungalibali
yenze lukhuni intliziyo yakho, ungasivali isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho olihlwempu.
15:8 Usivule kakhulu isandla sakho, umboleke kanye;
yanele intswelo yakhe, kuloo nto ayifunayo.
15:9 Uze ulumke kungabikho ngcinga embi entliziyweni yakho, uthi, Inene
usondele umnyaka wesixhenxe, umnyaka woyekelelo; libe libi iliso lakho
kumzalwana wakho olihlwempu, ungamniki nto; wakhala kuye
uYehova ngakuwe, koba sisono kuwe.
15:10 Uze umnike, ingabi mbi intliziyo yakho xa umnika.
umnika; ngokuba ngenxa yoko uYehova uThixo wakho uya kwenza ngako
Ukusikelele emisebenzini yakho yonke, nasezintweni zonke osa isandla sakho kuzo
ukuya.
15:11 Kuba alisayi kupheza ihlwempu emhlabeni; ngenxa yoko ndiwisa umthetho
esithi kuwe, Sivule kakhulu isandla sakho kumzalwana wakho, kumzalwana wakho
osweleyo, namahlwempu akho ezweni lakho.
15:12 Ukuba uthe wazithengisa kuye umzalwana wakho ongumHebhere nokuba ngumHebherekazi;
wakukhonza iminyaka emithandathu; wothi ngomnyaka wesixhenxe uvumele
makahambe ekhululekile kuwe.
15:13 Xa uthe wamndulula ekhululekile kuwe, uze ungamndululi
kude kungenanto:
15:14 Womnika umphe empahleni yakho emfutshane, nasesandeni sakho;
nasesixovulelweni sakho, kwinto anayo uYehova uThixo wakho
umnike intsikelelo.
15:15 ukhumbule ukuba ube ulikhoboka ezweni laseYiputa.
wakukhulula uYehova uThixo wakho; ngenxa yoko ndikuwisela umthetho ngale nto
nanamhlanje.
15:16 Kothi, xa athe kuwe, Andimki kuwe;
ngokuba ekuthanda wena nendlu yakho, ngokuba ehleli nawe;
15:17 Uze uthabathe inyoka, uyihlabe indlebe yayo endlebeni
Uya kuba ngumkhonzi wakho ngonaphakade. Kwaye nakwiyakho
umkhonzazana wenjenjalo.
15:18 Ayiyi kuba nzima emehlweni akho ukumndulula ekhululekile
wena; Kuba ufanele ube nomqeshwa ophindwe kabini kuwe, ukuba asebenze
iminyaka emithandathu, uYehova uThixo wakho akusikelele ezintweni zonke othe wazenza
hayi.
15:19 Onke amazibulo athe azalwa ziinkomo zakho, nasezimpahleni zakho emfutshane, uze
uze ungcwelise kuYehova uThixo wakho; uze ungenzi namnye umsebenzi ngawo
ungawachebi amazibulo eenkomo zakho.
15:20 Wowadlela phambi koYehova uThixo wakho iminyaka ngeminyaka, kuloo ndawo
aya kuyinyula uYehova, wena nendlu yakho.
15:21 Ukuba kukho siphako kuwo, anjengesiqhwala, nokuba yimfama, anesiphako.
nasiphako zonke uze ungawabingeleli kuYehova uThixo wakho.
15:22 Wowadla emasangweni akho: oyinqambi nohlambulukileyo
bofana, njengebhadi, njengexhama.
15:23 Kodwa igazi layo uze ungalidli; woyigalela phezu kwesibingelelo
umhlaba njengamanzi.